Customer Comments
Hi Dave,
The year was 1969. I was 10 years
old, in grade 4 at school. I remember getting time off school to go
home to watch the TV to see man walk on the moon. Now to most kids,
that seemed to be the ultimate, but for me, that was nothing compared
to seeing a sales brochure some kid had at school, of a car his father
was going to buy. The car was called a Corvette Stingray. I
thought this was the most incredible thing I had ever seen.
That night when dad got home I
asked him, "Will we all be driving cars like this" ... "When are we
getting one?" It was like I had eaten a box of red jelly beans and
washed it down with a bottle of Red Cordial. Much to my disappointment,
dad explained the cold hard facts of life. He explained why he was
working two jobs, why mum was working part time and even then we were
still struggling a little. I thought there will be no car like that in
this house ever.
Six years later I bought my first
car, a Wolseley 4/44, from my mum's "Uncle Arthur" (honest, that was
his name). At the time, mum was working in a news agency. Every couple
of weeks mum would buy me a "car" magazine. Then it happened again ...
in one of the magazines there was an article on a 1969 Le Mans Blue
Corvette Stingray, 427 Tri Power!
I was in love all over again. I
cut up the pages to get the pictures and made my own poster of that
car. It stayed on my bedroom wall until I left home at 21, when I got
married to Karen.
In the following 28 years I went
through almost every car I thought I would like to have. To this date
that is around the 60 mark. From Ford XW's, XY's, and XA's to Holden
Monaro's, Chevy Pick Ups, '67,'69 Camaro's, even a 1939 Chevy Pick Up
with a Supercharged 350 in it, just to mention a few. But one has
mostly held pride of place on the screen saver on my computer ... "that
Corvette"
Then a defining moment occurred
... the moment was when I picked up the phone to call this guy at
Bribie Island, his name was Dave Harber ( Yes Dave, you!) and he was
selling Corvettes. I thought this was great ... this guy's passion for
the Corvette's, the
fantastic facilities, and showroom
was unreal. But then as the "tour" continued, as we walked into the
workshop area, there it was. Just a little bit off the ground on the
hoist, a 1969 Corvette Stingray Coupe, Le Mans Blue Exterior, Bright
Blue Interior, Side Pipes, 427 Big Block, 4 Speed ... and then when you
lifted the bonnet and I saw it was a Tri Power ... Oh My God! This is
it, my dream car, a car that had teased, excited, thrilled and eluded
me for nearly 40 years.
Well Dave, as you know, the rest
is history ... of which you are a very big part I must say. I know this
is a hell of a long way to say thanks, but just to say 'thanks' isn't
good enough.
As you can imagine, after some
sixty previous cars, with some of the good, the bad and the very ugly
deals, to me you were a dream come true. Your honesty, your
professionalism, your care and passion for what you are doing in your
business is beyond belief.
You didn't just sell me a car
Dave, you helped me realise a 40 year old dream, an ambition, one that
I thought would never be fulfilled. So even though it still not enough
... Thank You!
Mike P. Brisbane
Hi Dave,
Im finally getting around to
saying thanks for all your help. I cant believe I now own the best
looking car in
Priscilla and Dave Woods (78
Corvette Coupe)
Hi Dave & Krysy
Just wanted to drop
you an email to
let you
know I have the 71 Corvette fully registered in the ACT.
I wanted to thank
you for the time you
spent on the two occasions my son (Matt) and I came to Queensland
to visit.
The final decision was made somewhat
easier
as at your shop we were able to see a number of model years,
variations, colours, conditions etc as well as see the amount of work
that your team puts into each car you sell as well as restore for
others.
What we originally
thought we wanted
changed along the way but I don't think we could have come to that
decision without access to your cars and experience.
Would recommend you
to anyone on
the
journey we have taken.
Thank You Craig Hart (
71
Blue/ blue
coupe)
Our mouths dropped and
are speechless F**** whisper was all we could say for a whole minute Al
turned to jelly and was near tearing up. We complimented you
verbally for the next minute, Dave you are the MASTER!!
We always new we were
dealing with Dr Corvette and would like to truly express our
appreciation and true happiness with the end result. Many many thanks
for your
attention to detail.
WE LOVE YOU BOTH and Team
GM Downunder.
AL
& RENE XXX (71 Big Block Coupe)
HI DAVE
GMDOWNUNDER
WE PICKED
UP OUR 1972 CORVETTE
COUPE OUR VETT HAS COME UP SUPERB WHITE
WITH RED INTERIOR LOOKS AWESOME.YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A
WONDERFUL JOB AND IT IS A CREDIT TO YOU.
THANKS
HEAPS
STUART&
JO-ANNE